# Expedition 46-47 scheduled for December launch

The December 15th launch of Expedition 46 / 47 will feature two space veterans, and one first time flyer to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra returns to the station for a second time. Tim will become the station commander for Expedition 47. Veteran Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko will serve as commander of Soyuz TMA-19M. ESA astronaut Tim Peake will be the first British astronaut to visit the Space Station. This crew will spend six months on the station, with a schedule landing in May of 2016.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2015
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA Johnson
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expedition_46-47_scheduled_for_December_launch.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Johnson
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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